empathy: it's what holds the world together

by Helle Jensen, Jesper Juul, Peter Høeg

This book is a concise theoretical and practical guide on how to help people improve contact with themselves and each other.

Its authors met for the first time in 2007. We represent widely divergent professions, but we share an interest in the circumstances of children with regard to the rapid changes and drastic breakdown of values we all are currently experiencing, the great opportunities that are at hand. We met to come up with an answer to the question: what is the most important and most valuable thing that can be done today for children?

We, the authors of this book, have various but professionally specific knowledge about aspects of the lives, nature, and circumstances of children. And we all are parents. But naturally we aren't perfect in our relations, whether with children or adults. Our impression is that we make and have made the same mistakes as everyone else. What has brought us together is, among other things, that we want to learn from our mistakes so they are fewer and farther in between.

Genres: Nonfiction

133 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 10, 2012

Reviews

[Pål Lystrup · Rating 2 out of 5]

The feeling of reading 120-something pages without anything really being said. Sure, there are some basics, and some excercises listed in the back, but that's pretty much it. Complementary at best.

[Simone · Rating 2 out of 5]

Autoři hned v úvodu píší, že v této knize nejde o trénink nových schopností, ale pouze o nalezení toho, co si v sobě už dávno neseme. Jinými slovy, přečtením dospějete k tomu, že byste měli víc myslet na to, jak dýcháte a že je fajn, když se rozhodujete srdcem. That's it. Takže si ušetřete tu námahu a pořiďte si radši něco jiného.
Pozitivum této knihy vidím akorát v českém doslovu, který nabízí tipy na knihy z českého prostředí, které se zabývají psychosociálními hrami.
To mám za to, že nakupuju přes internet a nečtu ukázky.

[Barbara Mikluš · Rating 4 out of 5]

Empatija kao "ono što spaja svijet". Empatiju trebamo ponovno otkriti. Trebamo poboljšati kontakt sa samima sobom, a na taj način i sa drugima.

[Matea · Rating 2 out of 5]

In my opinion, the book has little to do with empathy, despite what the title suggests. I believe the title is quite misleading and does not reflect the actual content of the book.

[Monika · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really think this book was about empathy.